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Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical. ↗

— Phillip Adams

#dangerous #diabolical #men #politicians #separated

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ↗

— Nate Silver

#knowledge #prediction #self-knowledge #uncertainty #wisdom

A friend of mine told a story about a date with a guy she was really excited about: He stood her up. He then called her, begging her forgiveness and giving some excuse. She told him to get lost, telling him that he only gets one shot with her, and he blew it. ↗

— Greg Behrendt

#date #dating #dumped #he-s-just-not-that-into-you #dating

The harder you slam a ball into the ground, the higher it bounces back up... A divorce, a breakup, losing a job, or just feeling seriously down can ground you, rough you up a bit, leave calluses on your feet and grit under your finger nails. But more than that, it leaves you wiser and stronger next time... Life is about experiencing opposites isn’t it? ↗

— Laurel House

#dating-advice #heartbreak #lessons-learned #dating

Let's go," I said. "Go where?" "On Lori's date with Parker." Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading. "I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#adam-vader #boys-next-door #comedy #echols #endless-summer

Are you sure about that he called off the wedding, Jolene? Sometimes Zeb misspells stuff in e-mails, and it comes across badly. ↗

— Molly Harper

#email #engagement #humor #wedding #dating

And your people tried to kill my best friend, so you'll forgive me if I'm not overly keen on learning the secret handshake." She shook her head sadly. "You should be going on dates and hanging out at the mall. Not wearing stakes on your belt." I shrugged one shoulder. "The mall sucks. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#lucy #dating

Tabitha was always trying unorthodox ways to set her up with guys. Although, to be fair to her sister, Tabitha didn't usually knock the guy unconscious before she forced them together. Still, with Tabitha there was a first time for just about anything. And extreme blind-dating was very vintage T. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#extreme-speed-dating #dating

A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life. ↗

— Myles Munroe

#relationships #wedding #dating

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. ↗

— Jane Addams

#ethics #expression #indeed #medium #sole